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Meeting the Masters

What a day. I got to meet and geek out with one of the original performance therapists Kelly Starrett (@mobilitywod). Kelly is someone I look up to. I appreciate Kelly's work in the areas of human performance, strength, movement and therapy. Kelly has brought to the world, the principles of good positions and mechanics of strength training. Kelly's passion is to understand, create and share his knowledge.

In his workshop he takes it a step further. Kelly works to create context for a movement principle, so that you understand and feel it. Then he teaches you how to apply it into your movement practice.

Lastly, I respect Kelly's passion for his wife and making a better world for his daughters.

When I grow up, I want to be like Kelly!

Also, I when I told him I was a therapist / strength coach he gave me a big hug. If you don't know

his work look him up and follow him (@mobilitywod). It will only make you better!

Gray Cook has been so influential to me and it was an honor to meet him at the NSCA conference in Las Vegas. His passion, principles and drive to change the world is inspiring to me. This made my conference!

Gray’s work got me started on the path into the functional movement world. I love his passion to create change and the way he thinks about movement. He is a true master in our field. The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) system gave me a framework to critically assess movement. The SFMA is what I use to begin my assessments. I spoke to Gray at the conference and he said the goal was to create a framework so we can build upon it. I took his framework, thought process and methodology to help build a solution for the problems of my community.

For all of you looking to get started in the funtional movement world, read his book 'Movement'. It is an amazing resource. Gray is one of the pioneers with regards to a quality approach to training. Some of Gray's key messages are: "move better before moving often", and "don't build capacity on dysfunction". I hope to carry the torch and help my community to move well and move often in a sustainable way.

Stu McGill is one of the most prominent Spine biomechanics researchers in the world. His work has been the foundation to how I think about the spine. What makes Professor McGill different is that he measures regular test subjects and the strongest people in the world.

I had the privilege to be Patrick Vellner's performance therapist for the 2017 CrossFit Games. Patrick has an impressive resume at the games. Patrick finished 3rd in the 2016 games and 4th in the 2017 games.

The legend Rich Froning. I got to meet him today and talk about therapy and training. I was amazed to see him move and train today at @CrossFit416. Effortless strength is the best way to describe it! During his work out he did simple movements with precise form. He doesn't breathe too hard and makes everything look easy. It seems so simple but to achieve relaxed strength is what the best do in all disciplines. I'm always amazed to see the best in the world at what they do.

I met Dr. Gerry Ramogida at the Performance Therapy Course in May of 2016. Dr. Ramogida is the Chiro for the Seattle Seahawks and the Medical Director at Altis. He has treated many world class athletes in Track and Field, NFL, NHL and much more. Dr. Gerry is the original Performance Therapist and continues to redefine the term.

I'm proud to say the Lead performance therapist at Altis came from OHFAST. I had the pleasure to work with Dr. Randhawa for 1.5 years. He was an amazing member of the OHFAST team and is making it on the World stage. Congrats Jas!

Mechanics Videos

Deadbug. Another simple & effective exercise to reprogram the core. Your core is dynamic. Your ability to touch the ground softly allows you to tune the stiffness of your core. In future posts, we will dive deeper into this concept. I will show you how to increase the stiffness of your core with the foundational 5 movements: squat, hinge, single leg, push & pull.

Stronger press with the wall slide. I use this exercise when working patients with pressing issues. After clearing their tissue quality and joint position I try to transition them to this exercise to promote proper activation and sequencing. This also helps from a performance perspective. It reminds you what to feel when initiating the movement and where to drive through when getting into sticking points.

The Bird-dog / cross core touch is the key to controlling rotation for crawling, lunging, stepping forward, stepping up, walking and running. This exercise is the foundation to cross-core stabilization which is the foundation to all the aforementioned movements. The ability to control weight shifts is crucial to effective & efficient movement. This is a novel way to feel the quality of the exercise and do it better.

Step up with your hamstring. This is a novel way to step up using a pull instead of a push. This can help protect the knees by taking load off the anterior chain (quadriceps) and shift the stress to the posterior chain (hamstring & gluts).

OHFAST Blog

Mobility, Mechanics, Injury Prevention & Performance

OHFAST Blog

Mobility, Mechanics, Injury Prevention & Performance

This blog is dedicated to providing better information on the how to and why of mobility and strength. We highlight better strategies and how to make your muscles and joints feel loose. Our focus is reveal the why and the principles of moving strong.